Hey, hoping I could get some solid advice here. I'm kind of a nerdy guy--not that I'm socially awkward, just that my passions and interests aren't mainstream and so because of this, all my friends tend to be pretty beta. Not that I'd consider myself very alpha, but the point is I don't really have anyone IRL that I can get good advice about this kind of stuff, and the latest situation has been bothering me.
Ok, so I met this girl like 5 or 6 years ago, she was new to NYC and just started college. We had a magical night, but nothing happened and I was too much of a wuss to do anything other than get her phone number, send her what I'm guessing were low-value text messages (I had VERY bad self-esteem at the time) and become friends with her on facebook. We basically stopped talking after that, and have not hung out at all except for once or twice when I randomly saw her at a concert of the same obscure band that we both like--but we were both with other groups of people, so it was a very warm (happy to see each other) but brief.
a few weeks ago we were talking on facebook and i mentioned we should get together over spring break (we're both teachers) and she seemed over-the-top excited by the idea. she always 'likes' my **** on facebook and i got the vibe that she was maybe into me, especially given our history, but it's always hard to tell with this of course. anyway, i text her and ask her to have dinner with me, she again is super excited and happily agrees.
so we meet up, and bear in mind i'm not 100% sure that it's a date or if we're just friends catching up...i haven't seen her in a while and don't know what exactly my intentions with her are, or what hers with me are...but i know that there's the possibility that it was a date. anyway, it starts off EXTREMELY well. amazing conversation, she's constantly touching me, leaning in close, and I'm pretty much an idiot for not trying to kiss her as soon as we left the restaurant. I also paid the check and told her she could get it next time, and we even talked about starting to make this (our getting together) a regular thing.
Second part of the date didn't go as well--we went to a karaoke bar and while it wasn't terrible, i felt like it was just OK. Definitely not nearly as good as dinner went. The conversation became less flirty, less interesting, and even turned to subjects that were awkward to talk about (past relationships, being cheated on, etc.), and just overall I felt her energy and interest dip at this point. I walk her to the train station afterward and I did the standard "text me when you get home" and she asked me to do the same. I didn't kiss her goodnight and yeah, I'm an idiot for not trying I think, at the very least it would've defined things and not have me in the situation i'm in now. Onto specifics:
I text her a picture of the statue of liberty on my way home, and when she gets home she says "that's a beautiful picture! I just got home. Dream sweetly!" and then I send her a similar kind of text when I get home. So even though I'm annoyed at myself for not having kissed her, I think ok, I at least didn't screw it up beyond saving.
So the next morning at around 11:30 am, I text her a song that during the date I said I would, and the following message: "So I'm up to my ears in work for the rest of the break, but let's get together the following weekend? Have a great day; happy grocery shopping
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She doesn't respond until THIS morning, around 10:30 (and she did post on facebook yesterday afternoon). I don't know if she's just playing games, or is having second thoughts, or what, but her message was: "Ooh! I like that song! And I hear that! Hope you're getting through the work mountain alright!"
Obviously, I'm concerned that she didn't respond at all to my suggestion of getting together the following weekend. I know it's some time away, but combined with the fact that she waited 24 hours to respond, I can't help but feel like she's not really interested. I also worry that my not trying to kiss her miscommunicated to her that *I* wasn't interested in her in that way.
My plan is to respond casually to her tonight just saying thanks yeah or whatever, and then as the following weekend gets closer, text her again with the suggestion that we do something. Make sense? Basically, I don't know whether the problem is that I didn't show enough romantic interest (by not kissing her), or if she just had a change of heart due to whatever reason (and in which case I shouldn't waste my time pursuing her).
Sorry for the long read, and thanks for any help...